What causes white hair

summary

A few white hairs grow on the head, which is obvious in a black hair. It affects the aesthetic feeling. If you want to pull out the white hair, you are afraid that it will grow more and more. Many people occasionally have a few white hairs and want to pull them out because they think they are not beautiful. However, there is a folk saying that "the more the white hair is pulled out, the more the white hair is pulled out". Can we pull out the white hair, and the more the white hair is pulled out.

What causes white hair

First: genetic factors. Some people's white hair is caused by heredity, such as albinism. This kind of genetic disease will cause people's eyebrows and hair to turn white. Of course, there are also some hereditary white hair that is not caused by albinism, but the hair will also turn white. This is what we often call "less white head". People with these two types of white hair belong to congenital white hair. They lack melanin in their hair follicles or can't show black normally. No matter how the outside world changes, plucking and medication will not change the white of their hair. They are also the most difficult type of white hair to treat.

Second, there are many reasons for postnatal white hair, such as common malnutrition, lack of trace elements and vitamins; great mental pressure. In ancient times, there were many sayings that "one night white head" refers to excessive mental pressure, resulting in a large number of white hair. This kind of white hair is generally temporary, as long as you pay attention to good conditioning and rest can generally be improved.

Third: can white hair be pulled out? Then, can white hair be pulled out? Experts said that the color of hair is determined by the pigment cells at the root of the hair follicle and will not be changed by external forces. Therefore, there is no saying that more and more hair is pulled out. However, the behavior of pulling out hair is very unscientific, because forced pulling out hair will damage hair follicles, and even cause serious consequences such as folliculitis. Therefore, although the white hair will not be pulled out more and more, but still can not often pull out the white hair.

matters needing attention

To sum up, it's better not to pull out the white hair at will. Although the white hair will not be pulled out more and more, it will damage the health of hair follicles. Therefore, when there is white hair, you should seek other treatments instead of pulling it out. Although pulling out white hair will not make white hair grow more and more, it is still unscientific and will damage our hair follicles, so we should remind our friends who want to pull out that one or two white hairs to be careful.